【法规名称】
【颁布时间】 2002-05-14
【法规编号】 43385 什么是编号？
【正 文】
IMPLEMENTING ARRANGEMENT NUMBER 1 TO THE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE TAIPEI ECONOMIC AND CULTURAL REPRESENTATIVE OFFICE IN THE UNITED STATES AND THE AMERICAN INSTITUTE IN TAIWAN FOR TECHNICAL COOPERATION ASSOCIATED WITH DEVELOPMENT, LAUNCH AND OPERATION OF A C
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1 WHEREAS, the Taipei Economic and cultural Representative Officein the United States (TECRO) and the American Institute in Taiw-an (AIT) signed an Agreement for Technical Cooperation Associat-ed with Development, Launch and operation of a Constellation Ob-serving System for Meteorlogy, Ionosphere and Climate (COSMIC),date 30 June 1999 (the Agreement), which provides a framework t-hrough which AIT, through its designated representative, UCAR,can provide technical expertise, training, and scientific excha-nge activities to TECRO, through its designated representative,NSPO, in areas of mutual interest in the development, launch an-d operation of a demonstration constellation of small satellite-s for atmospheric sensing, with a goal to provide global atmosp-heric data sets for scientific research, education and demonstr-ation of operational capability. This Implementing Arrangementdescribes the cooperative activities to be undertaken by TECRO's designated representativ-e, NSPO, and AIT's designated representative, UCAR, to secure aMinotaur launch (Launch) for the COSMIC Program from the RocketSystems Launch Program (RSLP) of the united States Air Force (U-SAF), together with the relevant launch services, pursuant to t-he requirements set forth in the attached Appendices. WHEREAS, UCAR initiated in 1993 a project known as the GPS Mete-orology (GPS/MET) Experiment and launched in 1995 a proof - of -concept satellite carrying a space-qualified GPS receiver. Theproject was primarily funded by the U.S. National Science Found-ation (NSF) and has successfully demonstrated the use of GPS si-gnals with radio occultation techniques for atmospheric sounding. UCAR started fromulating the conceptual design of COSMIC in 1996in order to carry the research forward to the next step. The GPSoccultation technique, combined with Tiny Ionospheric Photometer(TIP) and Tri-band beacon instruments and microsat constellationtechnology, is a very promising approach to low-cost weather andclimate research and prediction, and ionospheric research and p-rediction and , therefore, COSMIC can provide strong support tothe Missions of NSF and other U.S. government agencies. 1 AIT/TECRO IA No.1 for LV COSMIC Program WHEREAS, NSPO possesses state-of -the -art spacecraft design, d-evelopment, testing, integration and control facilities as wellas engineering, integration and testing (I&T) capbilities. UCAR desires access to NSPO's facilities and experienced engineers,as well as the financial resources of NSPO, in order to carry o-ut the COSMIC project. UCAR presented to NSPO in 1997 the conce-ptual design of COSMIC micro - satellite constellation and offe-red to collaborate with NSPO on the deveolpment, launch and ope-ration of the COSMIC Project to allow NSPO to (1) receive the a-dvanced science and technology of COSMIC development, (2) learnto command a micro - satellite constellation and ground missionoperations, and (3) use the data collected from COSMIC for gove-rnment agencies and the academic research community. WHEREAS, the collaboration between NSPO and UCAR and the COSMICplan became the third mission for NSPO and were named ROCSAT-3.NSPO has, since 1997, provided funds and engaged UCAR to conductcertain studies and obtain the U.S. Government approvals in rel-ation to the implementation of the ROCSAT-3/COSMIC system, incl-uding ground date receiving and processing centers, earth stati-ons, a fiducial network and a satellite operational control cen-ter. WHEREAS, NSPO has netered into with UCAR a Contranct for ROCSAT-3/cosmic project Mission Science Support (MSS Contranct), dated8 January 2001, and with orbital Sciences Corporation SpacecraftSystems Group (OSC SSG) a ROCSAT-3/COSMIC Spacecraft Contract,dated 12 March 2001, respectively. Article 1-Scope In furtherance of the parties' collaborative effort, AIT's desi-gnated representative, UCAR, has executed a Memorandum of Agree-ment (STP MOA) with the Office of Naval research (ONR) and theUSAF Space Test Program (STP), dated 15 May 2001, for the launchof COSMIC (experiment number ONR-910, Space Flight Plan S-008)and will execute a Memorandum of Agreement (RSLP MOA) with theUSAF Rocket Systems Launch Program, under which RSLP agrees toprovide launch services and range integration to the COSMIC Pro-gram using the Orbital Suborbital Program (OSP) Space Launch Ve-hicle (Launch Vehicle- the OSP Contract has been awarded to Orb-ital Sciences Corporation Launch Systems Group (OSC LSG)),at atotal estimated cost of approximately United States Dollars Nin-eteen Million (US$19,000,000), to which TECRO's designated repr-esentative, NSPO, has committed to a contribution of United Sta-tes Dollars Fifteen Million (US$15,000,000) and STP has committ-ed to a contribution of United States Dollars Four Million (US$4,000,000). NSPO's contribution shall in no event be interpretesas undertaking of any responsibility or liability toward the La-unch. Article 2 - Authorization The activities described in this Implementing Arrangement willbe carried out under the general terms and conditions establish-ed by the Agreement. TECRO and AIT hereby authorize their desig-nated representatives, NSPO and UCAR, respectively, to carry outand perform this Implementing Arrangement. |
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